| Chemical |
Ethyl ether |
| CAS-number : |
60-29-7 |
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| Synonyms : |
| 1,1'-oxybisethane |
| anesthetic ether |
| diethyl ether |
| diethyl oxide |
| ether |
| ethoxyethane |
| Etyylieetteri |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| C4H10O |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2004672 |
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| Uses : |
Solvent.
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| Molecular weight : |
74.14 |
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| Water solubility, mg/l : |
| 69000 |
20 °C |
| 1000 |
>1000, MITI 1992 |
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| Melting point, °C : |
| -116.2 |
MITI 1992 |
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 34.6 |
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| 34.5 |
MITI 1992 |
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| Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow : |
| 0.8 |
ANON 1986 |
| 0.89 |
Sangster 1989 |
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| Volatilization : |
Relative volatility (nBuAc=1) = 11
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| Total degradation in water : |
Biodegradation:
2.5% by TOC 6.5% by GC analysis
period: 28d period: 28d
substance: 100 mg/l substance: 100 mg/l
sludge: 30 mg/l sludge: 30 mg/l
(MITI 1992)
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| Bioconcentration factor, fishes : |
| 0.9 |
0.9 - 1.4, 6w, Cyprinus carpio, conc 0.5 mg/l, |
| 1.4 |
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| 1.7 |
< 1.7 - 9.1, 6w, Cyprinus carpio, conc 0.050 mg/l, |
| 9.1 |
MITI 1992 |
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| Other information of bioaccumulation : |
Confirmed to be non-accumulative or low accumulative (Anon.
1987).
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| LD50 values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
| 1215 |
orl-rat, Sweet 1987 |
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| LD50 values to mammals in non-oral exposure , mg/kg : |
| 2000 |
ipr-gpg, Sweet 1987 |
| 2420 |
ipr-mus |
| 996 |
ivn-mus |
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| LDLo values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
| 420 |
orl-hmn, Sweet 1987 |
| 260 |
orl-man |
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| LDLo values to mammals in non-oral exposure , mg/kg : |
| 8 |
scu-mus, Sweet 1987 |
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| LCLo values to mammals in inhalation exposure, ppm : |
| 76000 |
ihl-dog, Sweet 1987 |
| 106000 |
ihl-rbt |
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| TCLo values to mammals in inhalation exposure, ppm : |
| 200 |
ihl-hmn, Sweet 1987 |
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| Effects on amphibia : |
Frog, subcutaneous, LDLo 24 mg/kg (Sweet 1987).
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| EC50 values to microorganism, mg/l : |
| 5600 |
15 min Microtox, Hermens et al. 1985 |
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| LC50 values to fishes, mg/l : |
| 10000 |
> 10000, srv,act, 96 hr, Lepomis |
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macrochirus, Dawson et al. 1977 |
| 10000 |
> 10000, srv,act, 96 hr, Menidia audens, |
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-- |
| 2138 |
srv,act, 14 d, Poelicia reticulata, |
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Könemann 1979 |
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-- |
| 1000 |
> 1000, 48hr, Oryzias latipes, MITI 1992 |
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-- |
| 2560 |
96 hr, Pimephales promelas, Geiger et al. 1986 |
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| EC50 values to fishes, mg/l : |
| 2560 |
96 hr, mbt, Pimephales promelas, Geiger et al. 1986 |
References |
| 1848 | Anon. 1987a.
The list of the existing chemical substances tested
on biodegradability by microorganisms or bioaccumulation in
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Ministry
of International Trade and Industry, MITI.
Japan. |
| 2283 | Anon.1986a.
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testing on the determination of the partition coefficient
n-octanol-water by reverse phase HPLC.
Report.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie. |
| 327 | Dawson, G.W., Jennings, A.L., Drozdowski, D. & Rider, E.
1977a.
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